# Ellen Trenair — Ghost Stories character guide

> Ellen Trenair in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ellen

**First appearance:** 0000-the-room-in-the-tower

## Who they are

A woman who appears in a ghost story.

## In the story

### [At the Farmhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/at-the-farmhouse)

John's wife, an alcoholic who has degraded physically and spiritually, and is believed to wield dark powers.

### [Inscrutable Decrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/inscrutable-decrees)

Ellen Davenport is the deceased girl whose spirit appears during the séance and accuses Sybil of failing to save her.

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